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| a term applied in cases where statements that appear to be valid self-descriptions in actuality characterize almost everybody. |
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| a complex, inferential process in which the clinician considers the information at hand to conceptualize the problem and determine a course of action. |
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| related variables. clinicians employing a correlational orientation to patient data focus on the presumed behavioral, attitudinal, or emotional correlates of specific events. |
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| quantitative or statistical approach |
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| an approach to clinical judgment and interpretation that uses formulas and statistical models to make predictions about clinical outcomes. Once the formulas have been established, this approach involves no clinical decision making at all. |
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| the question about the patient that prompted the assessment. |
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| specimens of behavior. one orientation to patient data views these data as samples of a larger pool of information about the patient. |
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| markers of underlying characteristics. one orientation to patient data regards these data as signs of some underlying state or trait. |
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| fixed beliefs that may influence clinical judgement |
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| subjective or clinical approach |
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| an approach to clinical judgement and interpretation that is largely intuitive and experiential. Subjective of clinical interpretation requires that the clinician be sensitive to information from a wide range of sources and make a series of inductive or deductive generalizations to link the observations and predict the outcome. |
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